The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a federal court supplemental consent order requiring defendants Sidney S Hanson, Charlotte M Hanson, and their companies, Queen Shoals, LLC, Queen Shoals II, LLC, and Select Fund, LLC, to pay USD24
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and simultaneously settled charges against James M Peister and his company, Northstar International Group, (Northstar), that they defrauded commodity pool participants by concealing trading losses and using participants’ funds to make
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained a federal court order freezing assets held by defendants Robert J. Andres and Winsome Investment Trust (Winsome), both of Houston, Texas, Robert L. Holloway of San Diego, California, and US Ventures
National Futures Association (NFA) has taken an emergency enforcement action against TS Capital Management LLC (TS Capital Management), a Commodity Pool Operator located in Auburn, Alabama. The Member Responsibility Action (MRA) is deemed necessary to protect investors in commodity pools
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained more than USD4 million in restitution and civil monetary penalties in a federal judgment order against defendants Beau Diamond and his company, Diamond Ventures LLC (DVL), both of Sarasota, Florida. US
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has obtained an emergency federal court order freezing the assets of defendant Anthony Eugene Linton of Tucson, Arizona, dba The Private Trading Pool. The court’s order also prohibits the destruction of books and
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against Dro Kholamian of Barrington, Illinois, and his company, Blue Star Trading, LLC (Blue Star), an Illinois limited liability company with an office in Park Ridge, Illinois.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued permission to Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex) to begin clearing swap transactions on behalf of customers of futures commission merchants (FCMs), providing US customers with another option for clearing their swap transactions.
Commodity trader Lon Olen Friedrichsen (Friedrichsen) of Alton, Iowa is to pay USD2.1 million to settle a CFTC charges relating to a fraudulent scheme to illegally trade NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contracts on behalf of
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted unanimously to adopt a new rule requiring certain advisers to hedge funds and other private funds to report information for use by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) in monitoring risks to
